Brett Goldstein 's first day on set with Jason Segel was memorable in more ways than one. The Ted Lasso star created Apple TV+'s Shrinking alongside Segel, 44, and Bill Lawrence, and joined the cast in season 2, which premiered in October.

"I just didn’t really want to look at him in the face," Jason Segel said of his 'Shrinking' co-creator and co-star Brett Goldstein.

Jason Segel and Brett Goldstein co-created Apple TV+ show Shrinking and the latter joined the cast for season 2 which premiered in October. Despite being business partners, Segel and Goldstein never shared a screen and had no idea what the other person was going to be like.

Brett Goldstein talks about Harrison Ford’s character in Shrinking being loosely based on his dad, an unfortunate fan encounter he had and the best day of his life being the day he did Sesame Street.

(SPOILER ALERT) After being a writer on season 1 of the Apple TV+ series Shrinking, former Ted Lasso star Brett ... In the end, it was star Jason Segel’s idea to get him in front of the camera, with Goldstein joking, “If Jason Segel tells you to ...

Segel encouraged Goldstein to take on the role of Louis, a drastic departure physically and otherwise from the gruff, fully-bearded UK football star Roy Kent that he portrayed on the Emmy-winning “Ted Lasso” for three seasons.

While getting into character was understandably elaborate, in the spirit of Shrinking Season 1’s beloved therapy technique (a 15-minute cry to a moving song on repeat) Goldstein also shared his go-to sob anthem. “If you need to cry and you ain’t got time, quick! Whack on ‘Lately’ by Stevie Wonder,” the actor said with a chuckle.